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Spain pledges extra 20 mln euros in aid to UNRWA

Spain will give the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA an additional 20 million euros ($21.88 million) in aid, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said.

March 8, 2024 11:08 am
 

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Hundreds of guillemots, exhausted by storms, dead on French beaches

Hundreds of guillemot seabirds have been found dead on French Atlantic beaches, exhausted by unusually heavy winter storms that prevent them from feeding, environmentalists said.

March 8, 2024 10:46 am
 

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India prepares for its mammoth election exercise

From transporting voting machines on camelback to remote corners of its vast western desert to bolstering control rooms for monitoring malicious deepfakes.

March 8, 2024 9:21 am
 

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US to build temporary port to deliver Gaza aid

President Joe Biden will announce in his State of the Union speech that the U.S. military will construct a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid by sea, senior administration officials said.

March 8, 2024 8:33 am
 

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Three killed in Houthi missile attack on cargo ship - US military

Three crew members have been killed in a Houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern Yemen, US officials say – the first deaths the group’s attacks on merchant vessels have caused.

March 7, 2024 4:23 pm
 

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Bangladesh teacher suspended after allegedly shooting student in exam

A lecturer in a medical school in Bangladesh has been suspended, two days after allegedly shooting and injuring a student in a classroom.

March 7, 2024 3:18 pm
 

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Haiti gang leader threatens 'civil war' if PM does not resign

The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a “civil war” if Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down.

March 7, 2024 2:13 pm
 

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How Trump muscled his way to the Republican nomination

Some of the Republican Party’s most influential donors gathered 16 months ago in Las Vegas to consider potential 2024 presidential candidates.

March 7, 2024 1:25 pm
 

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Millions of Sudanese go hungry as war disrupts food supply

A mother who skips meals so there is enough food for her two children.

March 7, 2024 12:38 pm
 

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Nikki Haley ends White House bid, clearing path for a Trump-Biden rematch

Nikki Haley ended her long-shot challenge to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday, ensuring the former president will be the party’s candidate in a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November’s election.

March 7, 2024 9:41 am
 

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Protesters knock down door of Mexico's presidential palace

A group protesting the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014 knocked down a door to the country’s presidential palace, video from local television stations showed.

March 7, 2024 9:21 am
 

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South Africa asks World Court for more measures against Israel

South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order additional emergency measures against Israel, which it says is breaching the measures already in place, the U.N.’s top court said.

March 7, 2024 8:44 am

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